Vladivostok, the headquarters of the Soviet Far East Military District.
"Our cruiser Admiral Fukun has reported a good news." A navy admiral said: "A Tomcat fighter of the Americans suddenly lost control during this circum-Pacific exercise and fell off the carrier. Now, there are two Phoenix missiles mounted on the fighter plane."
This is indeed good news. When the news was received, the senior officials of the entire Far East Military Region, together with the officers of the Pacific Fleet, held a meeting.
"The Americans conducted conspicuous target shooting a few days ago. Although we are not afraid of their fighter planes, if we can get this plane, it will be of great benefit to us." General, also the commander-in-chief of the Air Defense of the Far Eastern Military Region, spoke with excitement.
Yes, he is quite excited, this is a Tomcat fighter! After the movie about the device on the cloud was broadcast, many people in the air defense air force began to study. Compared with the own MiG-25, the opponent’s fighter not only has high-speed interception capabilities, but also has terrible maneuverability. It is simply an all-round fighter.
Especially the radars and missiles above make them envious.
Now that this opportunity has appeared, Lieutenant General Constantine is quite excited: "We must salvage this plane."
Salvage this fighter plane! Lieutenant General Constantine is quite supportive.
"However, the sea where the opponent fell is a bit deep!" General Ivan Trechyanko, commander of the Far East Military Region, said: "At such a deep distance, even if we use our own sonar equipment, it is difficult to find the underwater one. The exact location of a fighter plane cannot be retrieved if the location is not found."
The sea area where the US Navy exercises is not considered deep sea, but it is already at a depth of more than one thousand meters. This depth is the limit of many equipment and cannot be salvaged at all.
This is just one aspect. If its own deep-sea salvage ship appears there, the United States will definitely notice that when the two sides confront each other, even greater conflict may erupt.
Admiral Ivan knows that if he gets the benefits of this aircraft, he also knows that there are great risks in it.
"This is not a problem." Lieutenant General Constantine said: "Of course we can't directly send out deep sea fishing boats. I suggest that we send out deep sea fishing boats. We fish in that sea area. What can the Americans do to us?"
There are abundant resources in the sea, and there are many fishes that can provide people with enough protein. For countries like the Soviet Union, there are ocean-going salvage fleets organized by many countries to carry out salvage operations in all oceans.
Just near the exercise area of the US Navy, there is a fleet of fishing boats. Let them go to fish, cast their nets, take the plane that crashed into the sea, and even go all the way back to the Far East.
Hearing this suggestion, Admiral Ivan nodded, yes, such a plan is very feasible, and he can take the opponent's plane away without knowing it.
"Then do it now!" Admiral Ivan finally agreed.
Even if it fails, there is no loss. If the Americans dare to attack their own fishing boats, then wait to bear the crazy revenge of the Red Navy!
Almost while the Soviets were discussing how to salvage, Colonel Petropaoli, who was reporting to General Morris on the Enterprise by helicopter on the ocean, also participated in the follow-up discussion.
"Now, the Soviet warship is still close to us, so we can't say anything. We continue to perform other subjects of the show, and leave with the Soviet warship as if nothing happened." said the captain of the Enterprise.
"No, we can't assume that nothing happened. The Soviets might have discovered us." Petrobori said.
Petropaoli has accepted Nathan's point of view and must not be regarded as the Soviet ignorance, but to prepare for the worst.
"Then what should we do? Stop this exercise, form a circle in the sea area where the fighter plane crashed, and then salvage it?" The captain of the Enterprise continued to retort: "In this way, the whole world knows that we are embarrassed. "
"That's better than the plane falling into the hands of the Soviets." Petrobori still insisted on his point of view.
"Okay, don't make any noise." General Morris waved his hand and said: "The exercise is an important task of our Pacific Fleet and will never stop. This is related to the dignity of the US Navy."
Morris has to look at it from a global perspective. After all, the exercise is not a matter of the United States alone. There are also warships from several countries along with it.
"At the same time, please send a P-3C anti-submarine patrol plane to the Hawaiian base to patrol the area where the plane crashed into the sea to prevent other ships from approaching." General Morris continued: "Wait until we have completed this exercise before proceeding with salvage operations. During this period of time, it is also possible to mobilize our Sacori ocean-going tug. Without salvaging the vessel, we could not do much by ourselves."
There is no problem with saying this. It is of no use to circle around the waters near the crashing fighter plane. The arrival of the tugboat takes time. During this time, the exercise will be completed just in time. It is the most correct to get multiple actions in one fell swoop.
Now that General Morris has spoken, Petrobori can only shut up.
"Well, let's move on to the next issue, the investigation of the Tomcat aircraft accident." General Morris said: "The investigation of this accident is very important."
Compared to salvaging a fighter plane, investigating the accident is really more important. This is related to whether all the Navy’s Tomcat fighter planes should be grounded completely.
Ordinarily, the investigation of the accident requires the salvage of the fighter plane. However, the navy can't wait. It can't be completely grounded during this period. After all, the Tomcat fighter is now a symbol of the navy.
"We investigated the pilot and the deck personnel at the time and determined that this should be an accident." Petrobori said: "The engine's control system had a sudden problem, and it was running at full power, which caused the aircraft to rush out of the parking zone. In the future, we will Increase maintenance and repair efforts to avoid these problems."
Accident? Morris nodded: "Then wait for the final investigation report. If this is the case, then continue to fly. The damaged radome of the Kitty Hawk will be shipped soon. We can't live without Tomcat. Fighter."
As long as other people don’t check, the Navy will be able to fool around. If someone makes a big fuss, it may be very troublesome. The Navy does not want anything to happen to the Tomcat fighter.
Moreover, this kind of situation has not appeared in the operation for so long, which can be completely attributed to an accidental failure, and more maintenance will be fine. (End of this chapter)